7 September 1936
#KnowSouthernHistoryOn this date in 1936...
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| Buddy Holly |
In 1936 Rock and Roll icon Charles “Buddy” Holly was born in Lubbock Texas.
Other Years:
- 1838 - Confederate artilleryman and martyr Major John Pelham (promoted to Lieutenant Colonel after his death) was born near Alexandria, Alabama.
- 1943 - A fire in the decrepit old Gulf Hotel killed 45 in Houston, Texas.
- 1965 - Hurricane Betsy struck Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana killing 74.
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